Kawal Tiger Reserve
- Kawal tiger reserve is situated in Northern part of the Telegana state.
- The wildlife sanctuary in Kawal is the catchment area of river Godavari and Kadam.
- The indiactor species of the sanctuary are Tiger and Nilgai.
- The reserve forms the southern end of the central Indian Tiger Reserve Landscpe.
- It is also linked to the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharastra to it north and Indrvathi Tiger reerve to its east
- The forest area found here is the southern tropical mixed dry deciduous forest and dry teak forest.
Waste to Energy (WTE) Plants
- Waste to Energy (WTE), is a term that is used to describe various technologies that convert non-recyclable waste into usable forms of energy including heat, fuels and electricity.
- WTE can occur through a number of processes such as incineration, gasification, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, and landfill gas recovery.
- As per the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, MSW generation will reach 4.5 lakh TPD by 2031 and 11.9 lakh TPD by 2050.
- Nearly half of India’s waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, meant to convert non-biodegradable waste, are defunct.
- The key reasons for closure are
- The plants’ inability to handle mixed solid waste
- The high cost of electricity generated by them that renders it unattractive to power companies.
- The fundamental reason for the inefficiency of WTE plants is the quality and composition of waste.
- MSW (municipal solid waste) in India has low calorific value and high moisture content.
Kelp forest
- Climate change could lead to declines of underwater kelp forests through impacts on their micro biome.
- It was predicted that ocean warming and acidification can change microbes on the kelp surface, leading to disease and potentially putting fisheries at risk.
- Kelp Forests are underwater ecosystems formed in shallow water by the dense growth of several different species known as kelps.
- Kelps are actually extremely large brown algae, although they look like plants.
- They thrive in cold, nutrient-rich waters.
- Kelp attaches to the seafloor and eventually grows to the water’s surface and relies on sunlight to generate food and energy.
- Kelps live further from the tropics than coral reefs, mangrove forests, and warm-water seagrass beds, so kelp forests do not overlap with those systems.
Unicode Consortium
- Unicode Consortium These is planning to release a new emojis list.
- Emoji are pictographs (pictorial symbols) that are typically presented in a colorful form and used inline in text.
- They represent things such as faces, weather, vehicles and buildings, food and drink, animals and plants, or icons that represent emotions, feelings, or activities.
- The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit corporation.
- It is devoted to developing, maintaining, and promoting software internationalization standards and data.
- It deals particularly with the Unicode Standard, which specifies the representation of text in all modern software products and standards.
Corps of Signal
- The Indian army Corps of Signals celebrated its 108th Anniversary recently.
- It is an arm of Indian army and was raised in 1911.
- It is well poised to exploit the state-of-art modern communication techniques for meeting the requirements of the Indian Army in the 21st century.
- Generally a signal corps is a military branch, responsible for military communications (signals).
- Military communication usually consists of radio, telephone, and digital communications.
- It works closely with Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
- It has developed command and control software, notably Samyukta Electronic Warfare System.
Source: PIB, The Hindu, Indian Express
